 | The Wonder Weeks: How to Turn Your Baby's Eight Great Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward by Hetty Vanderijt
Buy used from: £45.96 My list has quotes from Amazon reviews: "allows mother and child to go through life with less stress and frustration" Very highly thought of in Baby Massage classes! 2008 edition available
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 | The Social Baby: Understanding Babies' Communication from Birth by Lynne Murray
Buy new: £9.45 / Used from: £5.99 Excellent book for learning about baby communication. Lots of photos makes it a realistic book for a new parent!
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 | Three in a Bed: The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby by Deborah Jackson
Buy new: £5.74 / Used from: £1.48 "Deborah Jackson's book gave me the permission to follow my instincts and encouragement when the pressures of western society make me feel I was doing the wrong thing" All her books highly recommended
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 | Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain by Sue Gerhardt
Buy new: £7.64 / Used from: £6.30 "We all know our children flourish with love and support - thank god for an author who is brave enough to say so and show us the evidence!"
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 | The Fussy Baby Book: Parenting Your High-need Child from Birth to Five by William Sears
Buy used from: £4.50 "This book addresses the problems that parents of particularly demanding babies might face" Popular with parents of colicky babies.
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 | Dream Babies: Childcare advice from John Locke to Gina Ford by Christina Hardyment
Buy new: £8.44 / Used from: £5.75 "it gave me the confidence to trust my own judgment and intuition with my own babies instead of taking the latest shiny new childcare manual as a kind of bible"
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 | The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night: Foreword by William Sears, M.D. (Pantley) by Elizabeth Pantley
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £1.59 "if you have a baby with the 'right' kind of problem, this might be the book for you. But as always, you need to remember that no one has written a book about YOUR baby yet."
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 | What Every Parent Needs to Know: The Incredible Effects of Love, Nurture and Play on Your Child's Development by Margot Sunderland
Buy new: £9.72 / Used from: £8.69 Fascinating! "The author conveys what are quite complex scientific concepts in easy to understand language"
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 | Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby by Tracy Hogg
Buy new: £4.85 / Used from: £1.70 "it's about 'tuning in' to your individual baby's needs and identifying the signs of hunger, boredom, tiredness et al before the crying starts"
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 | What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks Like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £2.97 "It help me to realise something that I suspected from the start - to trust myself and my intuition"
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 | Three Shoes, One Sock and No Hairbrush: Everything You Need to Know About Having Your Second Child by Rebecca Abrams
Buy used from: £0.01 "Rebecca Abrams book is scary reading because it tells the truth, or what is the truth for many many mothers."
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 | Baby Yoga (Yoga for mothers, babies and dads!) by Francoise Barbira Freedman
Buy used from: £0.90 Easy to use book. Yoga with babies is sometimes a natural progression or addition from massaging your baby.
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 | Understanding Your Crying Baby: Why Babies Cry, How Parents Feel and What You Can do About it by Sheila Kitzinger
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.49 "This book really helped to give me back some confidence in what I consider to be my natural instincts"
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 | When Your Baby Cries by Deborah Jackson
Buy used from: £0.25 "This book is a quick, easy read packed with information and sensible suggestions." An excellent book, available second hand.
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 | Mums on Babies by Justine Roberts
Buy used from: £0.01 "This book has been compiled from contributions to the Mumsnet.com website and is packed with open, honest and practical real-life experiences from hundreds of mums out there." Refreshing.
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 | Entertaining & Educating Babies & Toddlers (Parent's Guides) by Robyn Gee
Buy used from: £0.01 "A good basic guide to what the baby might enjoy and how they should be developing at different ages" Good ideas for making your own playthings.
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 | Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You: An Illustrated Guide by Mary and Chloe Fisher, Suzanne Arms Renfrew
Buy used from: £0.01 Helpful how-to book with pictures that make sense.
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 | Babycalming: Simple Solutions for a Happy Baby by Caroline Deacon
Buy used from: £0.01 "Caroline Deacon is an NCT breastfeeding counsellor who has researched her book very thoroughly and gives very good reasons for the suggestions she gives."
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 | Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk (Positive parenting) by Linda Acredolo
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £2.02 Easy to use book supporting parents in communicating with their babies.
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 | The Continuum Concept (Arkana) by Jean Liedloff
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.20 Fascinating book for those interested in attachment parenting.
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 | Baby Lore - Superstitions and Old Wives Tales from the World Over Re: Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood by Rosalind Franklin
Buy new: £8.99 " A collection of hundreds of superstitions and old wives tales from every corner of the world related to every aspect of pregnancy, birth and babycare."
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 | The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers: The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solving Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America by Jack Newman
Buy used from: £10.85 Also see his great website.
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 | Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents by Vimala McClure
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 I trained with the IAIM, so I may be biased!, but this is an excellent book with photos of the massage strokes and support for parents to listen to their babies.
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 | Baby Wisdom: The World's Best-kept Secrets for the First Year of Parenting by Deborah Jackson
Buy used from: £0.20 Another powerful and very readable book by Deborah Jackson.
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 | Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food by Gill Rapley
Buy new: £6.81 / Used from: £5.25 Also see her website.
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